James Halliwell
Born in
Chelsea,
London
Born on 21st of June
1820
Died on 3rd of January
1889
Born 1820. Died 1889 - Shakespearean scholar and antiquary.
Studied at Jesus College, Cambridge. Wrote a number of studies on Shakespeare including The Life of William Shakespeare (1848). Also published Nursery Rhymes and Tales of England (1845) and Dictionary of Archaic and Provincial Words (1847).
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